urban-gro (UGRO) & The Competition Head-To-Head Review
by Kim Johansen · The Markets Dailyurban-gro (NASDAQ:UGRO – Get Free Report) is one of 158 public companies in the “Trading Companies & Distributors” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare urban-gro to similar companies based on the strength of its valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares urban-gro and its rivals revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Net Income | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| urban-gro | $17.40 million | -$22.10 million | -0.00 |
| urban-gro Competitors | $6.79 billion | $366.25 million | 20.89 |
urban-gro’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than urban-gro. urban-gro is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
20.6% of urban-gro shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.9% of shares of all “Trading Companies & Distributors” companies are owned by institutional investors. 4.4% of urban-gro shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.9% of shares of all “Trading Companies & Distributors” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares urban-gro and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| urban-gro | -82.11% | -118.44% | -33.76% |
| urban-gro Competitors | 0.61% | -34.52% | 3.14% |
Risk & Volatility
urban-gro has a beta of -2.91, indicating that its share price is 391% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, urban-gro’s rivals have a beta of 1.30, indicating that their average share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for urban-gro and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| urban-gro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| urban-gro Competitors | 1432 | 4879 | 6683 | 222 | 2.43 |
As a group, “Trading Companies & Distributors” companies have a potential upside of 12.67%. Given urban-gro’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe urban-gro has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.
Summary
urban-gro rivals beat urban-gro on 13 of the 13 factors compared.
About urban-gro
urban-gro, Inc. engages in the designing, engineering, building, and integrating complex environmental equipment systems for indoor controlled environment agriculture (CEA) cultivation and retail facilities in the United States, Canada, and Europe. The company provides architectural design, engineering, and construction services comprising pre-construction, cultivation space programming (CSP), architectural and interior design, engineering, integrated cultivation design, owner's representative/construction management, and general contracting services; and maintenance, training, and support services. It also offers facility and equipment commissioning services; gro-care crop and asset protection services, including training services, equipment maintenance services, asset protection program, and an interactive online operating support system for gro-care and client document delivery and project management; and property condition assessment services. In addition, the company provides integrated equipment systems solutions, such as design, source, and integration of complex environmental equipment systems comprising heating, ventilation, and air conditioning solutions, as well as environmental control, fertigation, irrigation distribution, water treatment, and wastewater reclamation systems; and commercial horticulture lighting solutions, rolling and automated container benching systems, specialty fans, microbial mitigation, and odor reduction systems. Further, it offers value-Added Reselling (VAR) of cultivation equipment systems; and strategic vendor relationships with premier manufacturers. It primarily markets and sells its solutions to clients in the CEA that includes operators and facilitators in the cannabis and produce markets; and commercial sectors comprising food and beverage consumer packaged goods companies, healthcare, higher education, and hospitality. urban-gro, Inc. was founded in 2014 and is based in Lafayette, Colorado.